Crispy Smashers is a simple potato dish that’s a cross between a French fry, a latke and maybe a potato skin. It’s better than all of those, easier than any of them, and the best potato recipe on the planet. Your family will scamper to the table when they hear what’s on the menu.
Actress Valerie Bertinelli shares her recipe for Lemon Icebox Cake: A creamy, tangy, lemony comfort dessert with no baking involved. Just layer vanilla wafers, lemon curd and enriched whipped cream, refrigerate and voila! Lemon curd lovers will rejoice over this easy recipe, because it puts the delicious spread to great use in a homey, old-fashioned, easy icebox “cake.”
Mexican Chicken Salad: A satisfying, easy “big salad” dinner entrée full of chopped vegetables, chicken, black beans and topped off with Mexican cheese blend.
Grape Tomato Cream Cheese Tulips: A bunch of edible Tomato Tulips stuffed with garlicky chive cream cheese makes a pretty appetizer centerpiece for a special meal, a shower or party, or Mother’s Day.
Glazed Baked Donuts allow you to enjoy a sweet breakfast treat without the deep frying of a traditional donut. And who doesn’t like to start the day with sprinkles?
How to make a foolproof hard-cooked egg: It’s easy to hard-cook an egg once you know a couple of tricks — use old eggs, watch the timing, cool it quickly and follow this foolproof method.
The classic flavor of lasagna in a savory pie makes a satisfying weeknight dinner. Serve with a fresh green salad, some crusty bread and fruit. Mangia!
Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread lives up to its name in flavor, beauty and speed. It’s a deeply cinnamony, satisfyingly spiced bread that makes its way with ease from the breakfast table to the afternoon snack plate.
Coffee Banana Breakfast Smoothie has everything you would eat for breakfast anyway — coffee, banana, oats, a bit of milk, ground flax, in a delicious beverage!
Greek Yogurt Tangerine Cake checks all the boxes: pretty, easy, moist, packed with bright citrus flavor from the baked candied tangerine slices on top, and sweet but not cloying. It makes a perfect dessert, or a snack with tea, or breakfast treat. It’s a wonderful cake to take to a friend or serve at a party, because it makes 10 nice-sized pieces. And it tastes as good or even better the next day, if people will leave it alone that long.
Orange Posset is a thick, creamy, orange-vanilla flavored dessert, sort of like a silky, plush pudding or custard without eggs or thickeners. Serve this decadent dessert in small cups because it is so rich.
Few meals comfort like a slightly sweet, slightly tangy, very meaty Sloppy Joe served on a soft, toasted oniony bun. This easy version shaves some cooking time by using the Instant Pot. The aromatics and meat saute in the pot, and then the sauce pressure cooks for a mere 5 minutes before it’s ready for prime time — either lunch or dinner.
Low and slow is the way to go with baby back ribs, and the Crock-Pot or slow cooker does them perfectly. Finish these Smoky Baby Back Ribs with a sweet barbecue glaze under the broiler.
Stir-Fried Cellophane Noodles is known as pancit, a colorful Filipino vegetable-laden noodle dish sure to be a crowd-pleaser. It’s as good at room temperature as it is served warm, and can be made a day ahead. {Vegan}
BANANA BLUEBERRY BAKED OATMEAL is chock-full of fruit and just this side of sweet — a warm, comforting breakfast for when you have a few extra minutes, like on the weekend. It’s vegetarian, but can be easily vegan-ized.
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Welcome to my kitchen!
At ShockD, you’ll find scrumptious, tried & true, "scary good" recipes, tips and coaching to make YOU a fabulous home cook! Don't blame me if you need a 12-step program to wean yourself away!
E-mail me: Dorothy.Reinhold@gmail.com
